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How Jeep Made The Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Strong Enough To Survive 707 Horsepower

Once that limited slip rear differential (which is capable of handling almost 2,000 lb-ft of torque) turns the driveshaft’s rotation 90 degrees, the power then goes through a new 35-spline, vacuum-melted An electric pump then sends that hot coolant

QOTD: When Did BMW Lose Its Edge?

Twenty years ago, BMW was the coolest automaker in the world. I know this because I – as a young lad of less than ten, growing up in the 1990s – desperately wanted my father to purchase a BMW. And he – as a rational, middle-aged man in his 40s

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Cynics say it is simply a posh version of boil-in-the-bag. But thanks to a rise in popularity of the celebrity chef and television cooking shows, the sous vide is fast becoming the must-have gadget in middle-class kitchens. The machine, which vacuum packs

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A lie wrapped in an apology is still a lie. It is a big lie, a particularly offensive lie, coming as it does from the German company Chemie Grünenthal responsible for inflicting its notorious drug thalidomide on hundreds of thousands of women in 52 countries.

A timeline of inventions

But not the vacuum cleaner continuous clothing closure" in 1851, but never commercialised it.) Judson's system failed to catch on, and he sold only 20, all to the US mail service as bag fasteners. It was the Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback who

At Alang shipbreaking yard, worker safety remains a dusty dream

Marine stores sell things you do not easily recognise — from marine engines to oil pumps, air compressors to chilling units Workers loiter around in corner teashops and shacks. Their dust-filled clothing melds well with the city’s colour palette.

The use of mesenchymal stem cells in collagen-based scaffolds for tissue-engineered repair of tendons

Use eye and proper clothing protection. 70% Isopropanol (Sigma-Aldrich Remove the collagen sponge pad from its packaging. Critical step Use gloves or tools whenever handling the sponge pad. Never handle the sponge with bare hands or with tools/gloves

The great Australian air con

He nominated "voluntary curtailment" in which customers (usually commercial customers) enter into an agreement with their energy company to shut down a piece of equipment on request when peak demand hits. There's also "direct load control" where energy